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Cross-Enrichment of the Heterogenous Ontologies Through Mapping Their Conceptual Structures: the Case of Sejong Semantic Classes and KorLexNoun 1.5 (이종 개념체계의 상호보완방안 연구 - 세종의미부류와 KorLexNoun 1.5 의 사상을 중심으로)

  • Bae, Sun-Mee;Yoon, Ae-Sun
    • Language and Information
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.165-196
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    • 2010
  • The primary goal of this paper is to propose methods of enriching two heterogeneous ontologies: Sejong Semantic Classes (SJSC) and KorLexNoun 1.5 (KLN). In order to achieve this goal, this study introduces the pros and cons of two ontologies, and analyzes the error patterns found during the fine-grained manual mapping processes between them. Error patterns can be classified into four types: (1) structural defectives involved in node branching, (2) errors in assigning the semantic classes, (3) deficiency in providing linguistic information, and (4) lack of the lexical units representing specific concepts. According to these error patterns, we propose different solutions in order to correct the node branching defectives and the semantic class assignment, to complement the deficiency of linguistic information, and to increase the number of lexical units suitably allotted to their corresponding concepts. Using the results of this study, we can obtain more enriched ontologies by correcting the defects and errors in each ontology, which will lead to the enhancement of practicality for syntactic and semantic analysis.

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A Study on QoS-aware Wirelss LAN Protocols Adapting Channel Condition Variations (채널 특성 변화에 적응하며 QoS 보장이 가능한 무선 랜 프로토콜 연구)

  • Lee, Kye-Sang
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.245-248
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    • 2005
  • Wireless LANs based on the IEEE 802.11 standard are widely spread for use nowadays. Traffic which are conveyed over the WLANs change rapidly from normal data such as Email and Web pages, to multimedia data of high resolution video and voice. To meet QoS (Quality of Service) required by these multimedia traffic, the IEEE 802 committee recently has developed a new standard, IEEE 802.11e. Current IEEE 802.11e, however, is not sufficient to support service differentiations and network performance enhancements, under a varying network environment experiencing as varying channel characteristics and high network loads. Recently, there have been much research to complement this deficiency of 802.11e standard. This paper surveys these research efforts.

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Self-localization of Mobile Robots by the Detection and Recognition of Landmarks (인공표식과 자연표식을 결합한 강인한 자기위치추정)

  • 권인소;장기정;김성호;이왕헌
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2003.06a
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    • pp.306-311
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    • 2003
  • This paper presents a novel localization paradigm for mobile robots based on artificial and natural landmarks. A model-based object recognition method detects natural landmarks and conducts the global and topological localization. In addition, a metric localization method using artificial landmarks is fused to complement the deficiency of topology map and guide to action behavior. The recognition algorithm uses a modified local Zernike moments and a probabilistic voting method for the robust detection of objects in cluttered indoor environments. An artificial landmark is designed to have a three-dimensional multi-colored structure and the projection distortion of the structure encodes the distance and viewing direction of the robot. We demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed system through real world experiments using a mobile robot, KASIRI-III.

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Clinical Study on the Samhabtang for the Treatment of Epigastralgia (위완통(胃脘痛)의 치료에 응용되는 삼합탕(三合湯)의 임상적 고찰 -임상예 11예를 중심으로-)

  • Won, Jin-Hee
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.17 no.2 s.32
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    • pp.311-317
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    • 1996
  • To complement and develop the treatment of Oriental medicine, I have observed and analysed 11 persons who have undertaken Samhabtang (三合湯) because of the epigastric pain. Considering and analysing the clinical diagnoses, complaints, ages, and so on, I have obtained the conclusion as follows. 1. The main method of treatment is remove obstruction method (通法), because pathogenesis of epigastric pain is obstruction of the flow of ki occurs pain (不通則痛). 2. Chronic epigastric pain is developed by stagnation of ki (氣滯). stagnation of blood (血瘀), deficiency of vital essence (陰虛), pathogenic cold (寒邪). 3. Samhabtang (三合湯) effects on above symptoms, so it may cure chronic epigastric pain. 4. This clinical study of Samhabtang (三合湯) shows 81.8% of effective rate.

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Characterization of a gene encoding ornithine carbamoyltransferase from rice

  • Islam Sikdar, Shafiqul;Kim, Jung-Sup
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.397-402
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    • 2009
  • Ornithinine carbamoyltransferase (OTC) is an enzyme that catalyzes the key step in arginine biosynthesis in bacteria and plants. OTC is also involved in the urea cycle and deficiency of the enzyme in human leads to disease. The argF gene encoding OTC has been reported in many bacteria and few plants. Here we report the characterization of a gene encoding OTC from rice (OsOTC). Analysis of a cDNA sequence from rice revealed that the full-length open reading frame of OsOTC consisted of 367 amino acids, corresponding to a protein of approximately 39.7 kDa. The predicted amino acid sequence of OsOTC harbor distinct five OTC signature sites and is highly homologous to that of enzymes of plants, animals and many bacterial OTCs. Expression of OsOTC in argF mutants of Escherichia coli showed that the gene was able to functionally complement to the mutant. These results suggest that the OsOTC encode a protein for ornithine carbamoyltransferase in rice.

A Study on Routine Formulas and Downgraders of Request Act in High School English Textbooks

  • Yang, Eun-Mi
    • English Language & Literature Teaching
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.111-134
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    • 2005
  • This paper examines high school English textbooks to ascertain if they appropriately reflect the kinds and frequencies of routine formulas and downgraders of request act used by English native speakers. It is important to present authentic routine formulas in textbooks for students to acquire proper, efficient and safe communication strategies to communicate with other English speakers. For the analysis, currently available 7 series of 21 high school English textbooks under the $7^{th}$ National Curriculum were selected. Each series of textbooks contains 3 school grade textbooks as High School English, High School English I, and High School English II. The results show that the high school English textbooks generally demonstrate a secund reflection of the English native speakers' use of request strategies and downgraders. That is, the textbooks were found to have presented mostly casual forms of routine formulas while they have not presented sufficient coverage of elaborated polite routine formulas for requesting which English native speakers frequently use. The presence of some kinds of the frequently used downgraders was also very small in proportion in the textbooks. More effort should be given to complement the deficiency in this area by teachers and researchers.

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Study of Insam-Buja-Tang (IBT) on MRL/MpJ-Faslpr lupus-prone mice (루푸스 동물 모델에서 인삼부자탕(人蔘附子湯)이 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Kyoung-Shin;Moon, Sung-Sikm;Kim, Byoung-Soo;Kang, Jung-Soo
    • Journal of Haehwa Medicine
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.11-23
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    • 2011
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus(SLE) is an autoimmune disease invading the skin, joint, kidney, intestinal membrane, neurosystem and other organs. SLE is an autoimmune disease characterized by immune dysregulation resulting in the production of antinuclear antibodies(ANA), generation of circulating immune complexes, and activation of the complement system. In Korean medicine, lupus can be classified as acute arthritis, reddish butterfly erythema, asthenic disease, edema and so on. The cause and procedure of the diseases are flourishing noxious heat, excessive fire due to deficiency of yin, blood stasis due to stagnation of qi, internal movement of the liver-wind, congenital deficiency, exhausted vital-qi, which are treated by clearing away heat and cooling the blood, nourshing yin and extinguishing fire, treating flatulence and activating blood circulation, nourishing the blood to expel wind, invigorating the liver and kidney, invigorating qi and replenishing the blood. To experimentally examine the influence of Insam-Buja-Tang (Ginseng & Aconiti Extract, IBT) on the outbreak and development of lupus, lupus induce MRL/MpJ-Faslpr lupus-prone mice model was used. As IBT was orally administrated to a lupus model mouse, various tests such as the weight, urine protein, renal function, Lymph cell test of the spleen, Cytokine expression, histopathological analysis of kideny were performed to see the influence on the kidney and whether it work effectively on the immune function. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of IBT on MRL/MpJ-Faslpr lupus-prone mice model. The effect of IBT on MRL/MpJ-Faslpr lupus-prone mice that can have autoimmune disease similar to SLE in human was evaluated after IBT per oral in the present study.

Case of Combined Acute Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis and Acute Invasive Meningococcal Disease (A군 연구균 감염 후 급성 사구체 신염과 동반된 침습성 수막구균감염증 1례)

  • Jeon, Hosang;Hahn, Wonho;Park, Dongkyun;Cha, Sungho
    • Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.126-130
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    • 2004
  • Neisseria meningitidis is a leading cause of meningitis and septicemia in children and young adults. Meningococcemia, the most severe form of infection, represents a part of the various spectrum of the illness, and its clinical manifestations varied from mild fever and occult bacteriemia to fulminant catastrophic events(e.g., sepsis, shock, and death) within a few hours after onset of symptoms. Complement deficiencies, either congenital or acqired, increase the risk for invasive meningococcal disease. Since C3 plays a critical role in the complement cascade, congenital C3 deficiency or conditions that decrease C3(e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus, cirrhosis, nephritis, C3 nephritic factor) increase the risk for invasive disease due to pyogenic bacteria including N. meningitidis. We had experienced a case of meningococcemia and meningococcal meningitis presenting with mild fever, petechiae, and purpura. The patient was a 7-year old male. He had mild fever, vomiting, headache, nuchal rigidity, petechiae and purpura on both lower extremities, which spreaded to the whole body. His blood culture grew Neisseria meningitidis. The diagnosis of meningococcal meningitis was confirmed by examination of cerebrospinal fluid. The clinical symptoms of the illness were improved after treatment of antibiotics(cefotaxime) for 12 days. However the patient had developed generalized edema, microscopic hematuria & proteinuria on the third day after admission. High ASO titer and low serum C3 level were also noted. The microscopic hematuria returned to normal about 2 months after discharge. The C3 level returned to normal range about 3~4 months after discharge. we report a case of combined acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis and acute invasive meningococcal disease with reference review.

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Phycobilisome composition in Chondrus crispus (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) from a wild type strain and its vegetatively derived green mutant

  • Cornish, M. Lynn;O' Leary, Stephen J.B.;Garbary, David J.
    • ALGAE
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.121-129
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    • 2013
  • Intact phycobilisomes from a wild-type red Chondrus crispus and its vegetatively derived green mutant were isolated by centrifugation through a discontinuous sucrose density gradient. Pigment composition was subsequently characterized by spectrophotometry. Vegetative thalli of the two strains grown together for six months in the laboratory resulted in different pigment profiles. Two pigmented phycobilisome bands appeared in the sucrose gradient of the wild-type alga, a purple coloured one, and a pink one, whereas only a single blue band appeared in the gradient of the green mutant. Spectrophotometric and fluorescence analyses identified the phycobiliprotein composition of the purple band as the typical phycoerythrin-phycocyanin-allophycocyanin complement in the wild-type, but there was no detectable phycoerythrin present in the blue band of the green mutant. Sodium dodecyl sulphate, preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis confirmed the presence of allophycocyanin subunits in all extracts, but firm evidence of an R-phycoerythrin linker polypeptide in the blue band was missing. These results highlight the ability of C. crispus to adapt to a phycoerythrin deficiency by adjusting light harvesting pigment ratios.

A study of active college educational English (대학영어교육의 활성화 방안 연구)

  • Park, Han-Ki;Yang, Sung-Kap;Oh, Kwan-Young
    • English Language & Literature Teaching
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.113-137
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this research is to introduce a new pedagogy for developing English education in the university. It is based on the favorable results of the application of Network English, which is a method that has been used in three classes at Y University for a period of one semester. Network English is a kind of integrated teaching method of offline and online education, and can be a learner-oriented educational method. The online aspect gives learners easier access to the text, regardless of time and place. And in addition to the characteristic of online itself, the various contents in conformity with the learning ability of learners are provided in the text, in order that the learners can get and maintain a desire for study without losing their interest in English. Although the offline part is not much different from traditional classes, the offline education can complement the deficiency of the online and also offer the learners the opportunity for questions and answers. From the results of application of Network English in three classes, the students were satisfied with the method and have more interest in English, which resulted in better grades.

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